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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Why Doctors in ICUs Are Drowning in Data

The role of electronic health records (EHRs) in healthcare isn't always smooth sailing. For doctors in ICUs, managing these digital files can be a nightmare. The sheer volume of data is overwhelming. We're talking about vital signs, test results, medications, and notes—all getting piled onto the pa

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

What Do People Think About Measuring Progress in Functional Neurological Disorder?

Healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers aren’t just interested in getting to know a person’s symptoms. They want to know how well treatments are working in the long term. This study delves into the opinions of patients with a type of condition called a functional neurological disorder (FN

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Time Twist: How Our Minds Play Games with Time

Intuition is common in our experience. It is our internal gut feeling about things and has a massive role in our impulses. But it seems that intuition is connected to how we perceive time. Or rather, how we mess up our perception of time. You see, when we feel happy, sad, or meh, our brains can mak

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Driving Fears and Lost Paths

More people than we think grapple with a condition called developmental topographical disorientation (DTD). People with DTD get easily confused and disoriented, which can lead to major psychological issues. This can cause frustration and feelings of failure. It's essential to understand how spatia

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Feb 11 2025CRIME

Unraveling False Confessions

False confessions can happen when innocent people are tricked into confessing to crimes. It's a big deal and can happen anywhere. This is not a rare occurrence. To start, let's think about why this might happen. Picture this: A person is taken into a small, uncomfortable room. They are questioned f

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Spotlight on Gut Bugs: Fighting Colon Cancer through Microbiome Librarianship

Microbe detectives dilemmas Colon cancer, unfortunately , affects so many globally. The gut microbiome plays a suspiciously important part in as there is an entire universe living in our guts. Let's learn then about how this microscopic world makes you cancer-rate. So each microbe inhabits a librar

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

The Secret Life of Baby Sturgeons: How Warmth Shapes Their Behavior

Baby white sturgeons, known as larvae, are facing new challenges in a warming world, and recent studies have shown that the temperature while they're developing can change how they act later in life. These sturgeons live in big rivers and estuaries along the Pacific coast of North America, and

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Knee Injuries That Injure Surgery Has 'Em Come Soft

Boys up to the age of 16 in Canada who suffer from a knee injury can go without a surgery for it. This is even true for some folks requiring a knee replacement or reconstruction. Although it sounds scary, the cruciate ligament of the knee is a pretty tough band that can repair itse

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

How Our Hands Feel When We Use Power Tools Every Day

Why do some people feel pain or numbness in their hands after using power tools? Well, this happens because of a condition called hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). It happens a lot in jobs where people are exposed to vibrations through power tools. But, there is so much more we need to understand

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

Baking Babies: The Heat is On in The Gambia

In the heart of West Africa, a unique study is uncovering how rising temperatures are affecting expecting mothers. The focus is on a region where heatwaves are becoming more common. But what does this mean for pregnant women and their babies? Let's dive in. The study, in The Gambia, is all about un

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